Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 07-Jul-2010
VC Circle | 07-Jul-2010
Private equity firms like Rabo Equity Advisors and IL&FS Investment Managers may be in talks with Karuturi.
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IRIN | 07-Jul-2010
A two-day “Investment Forum for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific” opened in Manila on 7 July to look at overseas leases or purchases of farmland in developing countries.
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Manila Bulletin | 07-Jul-2010
ANI is one of the few accredited companies that have the capacity and license to export fresh mango to Japan and Korea.
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Otago Daily Times | 07-Jul-2010
Calls for an overhaul of rules governing foreign ownership of farm land increased in New Zealand yesterday, coinciding with the Chinese-backed company lodging an application to buy 16 North Island dairy farms with the Overseas Investment Office.
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Peninsula | 07-Jul-2010
State-backed food producing and marketing giant, Hassad Food Company, has plans to produce rice in India, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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Jordan Times | 07-Jul-2010
Discussions are at a standstill after investors, a joint Arab-foreign company based in the Philippines, insist on owning the lands allocated by the Sudanese government to Jordan for the project,
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IRIN | 06-Jul-2010
Communities throughout Indonesia are losing land to companies seeking to profit from the booming palm oil industry.
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NZPA | 06-Jul-2010
Hong Kong-based Natural Dairy says it has relodged its application with the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to buy the Crafar portfolio of farms, and expects approval in the next few months.
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The Star | 06-Jul-2010
Wilmar, which already owns 200,000 ha of sugar cane plantations in Indonesia, said it intended to use Sucrogen’s proven expertise in the sugar business to pursue growth strategies in “Indonesia and other high potential Asian markets.’’
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bt Egypt | 06-Jul-2010
While some North African countries are selling land, others struggling with dry climates are starting to buy land tracts overseas and in other African nations to feed their own growing populations.
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Radio New Zealand | 06-Jul-2010
Prime Minister John Key is endorsing Landcorp's bid for the 16 Crafar family farms that are in receivership.
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Business Daily | 05-Jul-2010
Vietnamese and Chinese investors will cultivate 10,000 acres and 15,000 acres of land for rice and cassava in Edo State, Nigeria, respectively.
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Dominion Post | 03-Jul-2010
Prime Minister John Key does not believe the sale of "very large tracts of land" to foreign investors would be in the long-term interests of New Zealand.
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Le Monde | 02-Jul-2010
Nombre d'Ukrainiens préfèrent louer leurs droits fonciers plutôt que d'exploiter leur parcelle.
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Reuters | 02-Jul-2010
Tunisia plans to lease over 9,641 hectares of farmland to foreign investors this year to help increase agricultural production and exports, a government official said on Friday.
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Rights & Democracy | 01-Jul-2010
A special international legal regime exists to protect cross-border investments, including ownership of land and property.
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IPE Magazine | 01-Jul-2010
Report on the growing popularity of farmland investment in the developing world for European pension funds
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Invest Brazil | 01-Jul-2010
Libya has mobilised investment funds and is seeking area for production and export of food.
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IRIN | 30-Jun-2010
If you are a small farmer in a developing country, and there is a big agricultural land investment deal going down in your neighbourhood, you could become part of it and make money in several ways, said a new UN-backed study.
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IPS | 30-Jun-2010
El último informe de Unctad sobre ciencia y tecnología repite el llamado a una "revolución verde" en la agricultura de África, pero no hace mención de los peligros reales que suponen el comercio y el marco financiero internacional para los productores de ese continente.
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USSF | 29-Jun-2010
We call on others in the US to demand an end to the global land grab and commit to participating in a global campaign against land grabs
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El Espectador | 29-Jun-2010
El gobierno insistirá ante el Parlamento en que se apruebe la ley que prohíbe la compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros en la frontera.
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El País | 29-Jun-2010
El Ejecutivo insistirá ante el Parlamento uruguayo para que se apruebe la ley que prohíbe la compra de tierras en la frontera a extranjeros, mientras que el gobierno de Lula prepara un proyecto similar pero para todo su territorio.
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Bloomberg | 29-Jun-2010
TIAA-CREF owns agricultural land in the US, Australia, Brazil and central and Eastern Europe, most of which is leased out.
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Reuters | 29-Jun-2010
Pension funds are deepening their commitment to farmland, upping investments by billions of dollars and moving to active strategies, as a hedge against potential inflation and to diversifty from riskier investments.
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Arabian Business | 28-Jun-2010
Leading Gulf economist Dr Eckart Woertz says plans by GCC states to buy farmland in Asian and African countries were not materialising despite announcements to the contrary.
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Le Monde | 28-Jun-2010
Pour favoriser le type de démarche "gagnant-gagnant", le CAS préconise la création d'un label "Agro Investissement Responsable"
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Mouvement des sans voix | 28-Jun-2010
Le forum constate que l’accaparement des terres en milieu rural et urbain (NTABACORO, SABALIBOUGOU, OFFICE DU NIGER, SANAKORORBA… ) est sans appel au profit des intérêt mercantiles.
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Adital | 28-Jun-2010
Las iniciativas orientadas a frenar la "extranjerización" que impulsan los diputados nacionales Orsolini y Conti apuntan, en principio, a evitar la concentración de propiedades y a establecer un control anual de las zonas donde se acumulan recursos estratégicos del país, como el agua o las reservas de minerales
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EB | 27-Jun-2010
Study says creation of a farm fund is crucial for the success of Arab agricultural projects aimed at achieving self-sufficiency since most fertile countries in the region lack sufficient investments.
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CAS | 27-Jun-2010
Le gouvernement français vient de publier un rapport sur les cessions de terres agricoles, dans les pays du Sud, aux investisseurs étrangers
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Rebelión | 27-Jun-2010
En los últimos años fueron vendidas por lo menos 4 millones de hectáreas a personas y empresas extranjeras, perjudicando los intereses del pueblo brasileño y debilitando la soberanía nacional sobre nuestros recursos naturales.
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Canadian Press | 26-Jun-2010
"We support continued efforts to develop principles for investment in the agricultural sector undertaken by the World Bank, regional development banks, FAO, UNCTAD, and IFAD," say G8 heads of state.
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La Tribune | 26-Jun-2010
Les terres arables sont devenues « un sujet d'intérêt intense à la fois politique, environnemental et économique » qui représentent 1,5 milliard d'hectares dans le monde, d'une valeur de 5.000 milliards de dollars.
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Hindu BusinessLine | 25-Jun-2010
Dr S. Ayyappan, Director-General of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), calls on Indians to rent farmland in Ethiopia to produce pulses for export to India.
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Agencia de Noticias Bariloche | 25-Jun-2010
La Legislatura aprobó hoy de manera unánime y en primera vuelta parlamentaria, el proyecto de ley de la legisladora Magdalena Odarda (ARI) que tiene el objetivo de imponer restricciones y limites a la adquisición de inmuebles rurales, por parte de personas físicas o jurídicas extranjeras.
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Asia-Africa Confidential | 25-Jun-2010
The Addis government shows scant regard for the potential local impact of massive Indian investment in floriculture and biofuels.
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Brookings Institution | 25-Jun-2010
Evidence suggests a marked disparity in the benefits received by those involved in and affected by these transnational land acquisitions, particularly for those originally dwelling on the land.
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TVNZ | 25-Jun-2010
New Zealand's state-owned farm company Landcorp dismisses as conspiracy theory the notion that its bid for the Crafar farms is political interference
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El Espectador | 24-Jun-2010
Le gouvernement du Brésil est en train d’étudier la possibilité d’interdire aux étrangers d’acheter de la terre brésilienne. Un échange avec le journaliste qui a dévoilé l'histoire.
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CAS | 24-Jun-2010
Un rapport commandé par le gouvernement français sur la 'vente' des terres arables à des investisseurs étrangers sera publié le lundi 28 juin 2010.
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El Espectador | 24-Jun-2010
The government of Brazil is studying the possibility of prohibiting the purchase of land by foreigners. A discussion with the journalist who broke the news, Mauro Zanatto.
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El Espectador | 24-Jun-2010
Sólo en Mato Grosso, grupos argentinos como Los Grobo o El Tejar tienen más de 1 millón de hectáreas.
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Reuters | 24-Jun-2010
A tribe of hunter gatherers living in trees in the forests of Papua, near the planned Merauke food estate where Wilmar and other firms plan to get farmland, has been discovered officially for the first time.
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BBC | 24-Jun-2010
"No es una cuestión de xenofobia. La tierra es un medio de producción finito y el estado brasileño va a poner límites."
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Phnom Penh Post | 24-Jun-2010
New private equity fund targets Cambodia’s still-developing agriculture sector
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Agrimoney | 24-Jun-2010
More than 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a gulf still exists between farm prices in eastern and western Germany which provides a "good opportunity" for investors, a boss at KTG Agrar has said.
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Reuters | 24-Jun-2010
A recent global surge in private investment in farmland is set to continue as investors look to returns from agricultural production and to rising land values, said an OECD executive on Thursday.
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Kyiv Post | 24-Jun-2010
Outline of major Ukraine companies open to farmland investors
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APA | 23-Jun-2010
Des manifestations populaires seront organisées à Bamako le 27 juin sous le thème de « L’accaparement des terres au Mali : facteurs d’appauvrissement et d’asservissement des masses rurale et urbaine »
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SES | 23-Jun-2010
Major factor for enacting new investment law for land was Saudi Arabia's halting of investment projects worth billions of riyals, says Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture.
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AP | 23-Jun-2010
Brazil's government wants to tighten restrictions on foreign ownership of farm lands in Latin America's biggest country, the Agrarian Development Ministry said Tuesday.
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Mouvement des sans voix | 28-Jun-2010
Le forum constate que l’accaparement des terres en milieu rural et urbain (NTABACORO, SABALIBOUGOU, OFFICE DU NIGER, SANAKORORBA… ) est sans appel au profit des intérêt mercantiles.
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El Espectador | 24-Jun-2010
The government of Brazil is studying the possibility of prohibiting the purchase of land by foreigners. A discussion with the journalist who broke the news, Mauro Zanatto.
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IFAD | 22-Jun-2010
According to IIED, for more inclusive land agreements to work, companies need to embrace them as a genuine economic component of their business, and not just as part of a corporate responsibility programme.
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AFDI | 06-Jun-2010
L’Africa Progress Panel, un groupe indépendant présidé par Koffi Annan, s’inquiète de l’augmentation des acquisitions massives de terre qui risquent d’aggraver encore l’insécurité alimentaire en Afrique et juge important « de veiller à ce que ces transactions soient équitables et transparentes et de concevoir des garanties efficaces dans la législation nationale ».
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Hardmann & Co | 26-May-2010
We believe that farmland, and agriculture generally, will shortly move beyond the ‘acceptable’ in the eyes of the world’s investment management community and become a core product.
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APP | 25-May-2010
The 2010 edition of the Africa Progress Panel report, produced under the chairmanship of Mr Kofi Annan, addresses land grabbing in Africa.
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Alter Info | 19-May-2010
"Dans la mesure où je peux en juger, la résistance est petite dans les régions concernées. Il se forme plutôt une résistance internationale," estime un journaliste suisse.
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DRS | 19-May-2010
Entrevista a Ruedi Küng, corresponsal para África de la Radio suiza alemana DRS
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Manila Bulletin | 05-May-2010
AgriNurture Inc has signed the enclosed MoA with Far Eastern Agricultural Investment Company of Saudi Arabia for food crop plantations and processing plants in the Philippines.
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